Day: October 11, 2018

Emily Waite; Getty ImagesEmily Waite; Getty ImagesI wanted bigger shoulders, so of course I checked Instagram. Ryan Spiteri suggested using a plate-loaded shoulder press with a “1 and ½” technique across four sets with a 90 second rest period. Chauncey Wright advised something called “snow angels” to help build medial delts. There were other suggestions…

Much of that early libertarian net culture—white, rich, smart, and full of “let’s just geek around it” swagger when it came to government—has become mainstream in Western democracies in 2018.Central Press/Getty ImagesLast month, I heard Jill Lepore give a talk about These Truths, her single-volume history of America from the 15th century through the 2016…

For years, China has systematically looted American trade secrets. Here’s the messy inside story of how DC got Beijing to clean up its act for a while.Kevin and Julia Garratt had spent nearly all of their adult lives in China. A devout Christian couple in their fifties with an entrepreneurial streak, they operated a café…

R is a programming language for statistical computing known for its rich ecosystem of 3rd party libraries called “packages”. The R language is typically used for statistics, data mining, analysis and visualization, machine learning, and similar tasks. However, R remains, at least in essence, a general purpose language that can be, for example, used for…

The verdict is in! Following 37 nominations whittled down to a shortlist of 15 by a community vote, our panel of experts has conferred and selected the top 10 web hacking techniques of 2017 (and 2016).The panel consisted of myself, and distinguished researchers Gareth Heyes, Nicolas Grégoire, Frans Rosén, and Soroush Dalili. Our objective is to…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe malfunction became apparent about 90 seconds into the flightA US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut were forced to make an emergency landing after their Russian Soyuz rocket malfunctioned en route to the International Space Station (ISS).Shortly after taking off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Nick Hague…

triumph — Part two of our interview with UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley on neuroplasticity. Rob Reid – Oct 11, 2018 4:00 pm UTC Enlarge / “You know what I really enjoy? Testing subjects with video games. Or just testing in general.”Valve SoftwareBelow, you’ll find the second installment of the After On podcast interview with University…

Power management on the brain — Apple’s relationship with Dialog goes back many years, to the early iPhone days. Valentina Palladino – Oct 11, 2018 3:45 pm UTC Enlarge / The iPhone X in space gray (left) compared to the iPhone XS in gold (right). You can barely tell the difference from this angle.Samuel AxonApple…